Service providers seeking to deploy advanced multimedia networks in rural areas now have another choice in the arena of Rural Utilities Service (RUS)-approved solutions, as Pannaway (
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The RUS is a division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Among other things its role is to promote the introduction of fiber-based broadband services in rural areas -- where most of the larger service providers see little financial incentive to operate -- and to stimulate the advancement of communications systems in these areas through government loans and discounts on equipment.
Pannaway provides carrier-grade access network systems for North American IOCs and CLECs. The company helps service providers make the transition to all-IP
networks, which in turn helps them deliver advanced multimedia services, (including triple and quadruple play, HDTV, On Demand TV, etc.). Its Service Convergence (
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RUS acceptance means service providers seeking to roll out communications networks in rural areas can get government loans and discounts (i.e. reimbursement) on an approved list of network components which meet standards for efficiency, durability, etc. A common misconception is that these are low budget products: Rather they are among the industry’s top performing copper and fiber-based solutions -- including 2.5 GPON
and 100/1000MBPS Active Ethernet technologies. Pannaway’s Service Convergence Network (SCN) system for both copper and fiber broadband deployments had previously gained RUS acceptance in 2005.
Pannaway’s RUS-approved components are used in its MAGNM-20 multi-service access platform and its Inteleflex broadband loop carrier solution. These highly scalable components support a wide range of access technologies, from legacy T1
and POTS to ultra-broadband, ADSL2+, bonded ADSL2+, GPON, and Active Point-to-Point Ethernet subscriber connections. Best of all, Pannaway solutions are fully manageable from a single interface.
“Pannaway takes a comprehensive business approach to providing IP solutions to independent telcos small and large,” said Mark Carpenter, president of Pannaway Technologies, in a press release. “RUS acceptance of our entire product line is very important to our telco customers, and we are pleased to be one of the first to achieve listing for 2.5 GPON along with our new MAGNM-20 platform.”
Pannaway last made news on TMCnet in October when the company
announced that Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (VTCI), an LEC offering telecommunications services in rural South Texas, has upgraded its service delivery network using the Inteleflex broadband loop carrier (BLC) platform. Using this platform in conjunction with Pannaway’s Service Convergence Network (SCN) IP access system, the telco has been able to expand its triple play services, which are delivered through its hybrid FTTH/ADSL2+ network.
Pannaway recently acquired the Inteleflex broadband loop carrier (BLC) platform from TelStrat. With the Inteleflex chassis combined with Pannaway’s carrier grade equipment, VTCI has been able to migrate from an ATM and TDM
network to an all-IP network that includes ADSL2+, 2.4 GPON and Gigabit Ethernet. In addition to the IP connected Inteleflex BLC, VTCI is using Pannaway's Broadband Aggregators (BAR) at the transport layer (which deliver Gigabit Ethernet
and can easily scale to 10 Gigabits), plus Pannaway’s Broadband Access Switches (BAS) and Residential Gateway (
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